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self creative tone
Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable. Bela Bartok
self abandon one-thing
The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. Bede Griffiths
self self-respect world
Learn to live in this world with self-respect B. R. Ambedkar
self society devil
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. B. H. Liddell Hart
selfish damn-you ideas
I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought! B. F. Skinner
self behavior given
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.
self knowing done
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan
self decision behavior
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors. Bill Crawford
self-confidence keys knowing
The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
civilization decline economic eventual global leading path today toward
Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse. Lester Brown
civilization space trying
I would be very ashamed of my civilization if we did not try to find out if there is life in outer space. Carl Sagan
civilization cosmos vastness
In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.
civilization ideas tuesday
For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence.
civilization space space-travel
Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies.
civilization doe lapses
Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism. Antoine Rivarol
civilization return lovers
As a lover of truth, the national propaganda of all the belligerent nations sickened me. As a lover of civilization, the return to barbarism appalled me. Bertrand Russell
civilization levels savages
Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.
civilization long psychology
Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire.
black-history elements language
… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element… Derek Walcott
black-history glory achieve
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed. Jesse Jackson
black-history black depends
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself. Ethel Waters
black-history black
I do consider myself part of black history. Mary J. Blige
black-history black-racism want
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman
black-history patriotism tears
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around. Ralph Abernathy
black-history black want
We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much. Sojourner Truth
black-history complaining complaints
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. Rita Dove
black-history black needs
All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them. Robert Johnson